December 04, 2020
Africa: Covid-19 Pandemic Offers African Aviation a Chance to Reset
The air transport system is really at the forefront of all our collective objectives to realize Africa as a single economic bloc - VP Solomon Quaynor Read more »
Africa: The African Development Bank Launches $50 Million Facility to Support Energy Access Companies Through and Beyond the Covid-19 Pandemic
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a $20 million concessional investment from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) to establish the… Read more »
December 03, 2020
Africa: Development Evaluation Week - African Development Bank Marks 40 Years of Evaluating Progress As Experts Mull SDGs and Covid-19
The African Development Bank celebrated 40 years of evaluating its development efforts, taking the opportunity to reflect on the challenges around monitoring and evaluating… Read more »
Africa: Leave No One Behind - Fostering Digital Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Africa
How can people in Africa acquire the skills to digitize work and help diversify and grow economies? Read more »
Africa: Local Currency Financing for Off-Grid Energy Solutions in Africa Limited, Needs Scaling Up - African Development Bank Report
Although advantageous, local currency financing for off-grid renewables projects and businesses in Africa is still limited, according to a new report released by the African… Read more »
December 02, 2020
Africa: Webinar On the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (Fiti)
What: Webinar on the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank and Partners Roll Out Comprehensive Report On the State of Gender Equality in Africa
The African Development Bank, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and UN Women unveiled details of its Africa Gender Index report during a virtual global… Read more »
Africa: Promoting Accountability and Transparent Recovery in the Context of Covid-19
What: Panel discussion Read more »
November 30, 2020
Africa: Africa's Covid-19 Response Within the Extractives Sector - Future of Mining
What: Webinar on Africa's COVID-19 Response within the Extractives Sector: The Future of Mining in Africa. Read more »
December 01, 2020
Africa: African Development Bank Receives Coveted Stevie Award During Virtual Ceremony
The African Development Bank has taken home two coveted prizes at the 17th Annual International Business Awards in recognition of the institution's 2019 Annual Report. Read more »
Africa: Ten Years After the Inaugural Development Effectiveness Review, the African Development Bank Is Once More Shepherding African Economies Through a Global Crisis
We should be in no doubt that Africa faces its gravest threat in many years, and that national health and social protection systems will be severely tested." Akinwumi Adesina Read more »
Africa: "It Brings Us Hope" - African Development Bank Leads Drive to Deliver Electricity to All
Kindergarten teacher Fatima Zahera Hagou recalls that just a generation ago, when the sun went down over the Moroccon countryside, her rural village of Dar Laain ground to a halt… Read more »
Africa: 2020 Annual Anti-Corruption Day
Recover with integrity: Adapting the fight against corruption to the new normal Read more »
November 30, 2020
Africa: Webinaire sur la réponse de l'Afrique à la pandémie de Covid-19 dans le secteur extractif - L'avenir de l'exploitation minière
Quoi ? Webinaire sur la réponse de l'Afrique à la pandémie de Covid-19 dans le secteur des industries extractives : l'avenir de l'exploitation minière… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Invests in Pioneering Spark+ Africa Fund to Deliver Clean Cooking Solutions
The African Development Bank's Board of Directors has approved a $5 million investment in the SPARK+ Africa Fund to deliver clean cooking solutions to over two million households… Read more »
Africa: Fashionomics Africa Webinar Series - Episode 4 - Financing the Fashion Industry
What: Fashionomics Africa Webinar Series, Episode 4 Read more »
Africa: Debt Management in the Context of Covid-19
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Africa: Global Launch of the Africa Gender Index
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Africa: African Development Bank Board Approves People Strategy for 2021-2025
The Bank's Board has approved a new People Strategy for the next five years, designed to enhance the Bank's standing as the continent's premier development institution. Read more »
November 27, 2020
Africa: Series of Webinars - 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
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November 26, 2020
Africa: More Can Be Done to Plan Ahead and Improve Preparedness for Flooding in West Africa, Says Head of Climate Change and Green Growth
Early warning systems, contingency planning and local action can strengthen West Africa's responses to increasingly frequent severe flooding, but more investment is needed in… Read more »
Africa: New African Development Bank-Cif-Energia Country Briefs Spur Action Towards Gender Inclusion in Africa's Energy Sector
The African Development Bank, the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) and the ENERGIA International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy have jointly launched country briefs… Read more »
Africa: Youssou N'Dour, Graca Machel, Akinwumi Adesina discuss building back better after Covid-19 at Civil Society Forum
Harness civil society's "incredible potential to accelerate social change at scale" - Graça Machel Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank's Civil Society Committee Holds First Virtual Statutory Meeting, Announces New Committee Representatives
The African Development Bank has held the first virtual statutory meeting of the new African Development Bank-Civil Society Committee ahead of the Civil Society Forum to be held on… Read more »
Africa: Put Small-Scale Traders At the Heart of Efforts to Accelerate Trade and Investment in Africa Post Covid-19
The AfCFTA will not in one dramatic swoop alter existing commercial and economic realities on a vast scale, but its implementation could lead the recovery efforts from the COVID-19… Read more »